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Period: Apr 12, 1215 to
United States History
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Jun 18, 1215
Magna Carta
Granted rights to both Nobles and Freeman -
Lost Colony
"Lost Colony" sponsored by Sir Walter Raleeigh was founded on Roanoke Island, off South Carolina -
First permanent English settlement
Capt. John Smith and 105 cavaliers in 3 ships landed on Virginia coast, started the first permanent English settlement in new world called Jamestown -
House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses, first representative assembly in New World elected July 30, 1619 -
Pilgrims
Puritan separatists left plymouth Englamd september 16 on the Mayflower reached Cape Cod November 19 and the mayflower compact was signed -
Roger Williams and Harvard University
Roger Williams founded Providence, RI in june as a democratically ruled colony with separationof church and state charter granted and Harvard University -
Navigation Act
British Parlement passed first Navigation Act -
Nathaniel Bacon and Jamestown burned down
led plantes against autocratic British Gov. Sir William Berkeley, Jamestown burned down, -
William Penn
William Penn signed treaty with Delaware Indians Apr, 23 -
Witchcraft Delusion
Witchcraft delusionat salem, MA; 20 alleged withces executed by special court -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin published the first poor Richards Almanack -
John Peter Zenger
Editor John Peter Zenger was acquitted of libel Aug. 5 in New York after criticizing the British governers conduct -
Famous Sermon
Famous Sermon "Sinners in the hands of the Angry God" delivered at Enfield, MA July 8 by Jonathan Edwards -
French and Indian war
French and Indian war began when Franch occupied Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act enacted by Parliment Mar. 22 required revenue stamps to help fund royal troops. -
Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts levied taxes on glass, painters lead, paper and tea. In 1770 all duties except on tea were repealed -
Intolerable Acts and First Continental congress
Intolerable Acts of parliament curtailed Massachusetts self-rule; barred use of Boston Harbor till tea was paid for. First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia sept. 5 -
Patrick Henery and Paul Revere
Patrick Henrey addressed Virgina convention, Mar. 23 said "Give me Liberty or give me death" Paul Revere rode to alert Patriots that British were on their way to Concord -
Common Sense and Declaration of Independence
Common Sense famous proindependence pamphlet by Thomas Paine, was published Jan. 10: quickly sold some of 100,000 copies, Declaration of Independece was adopted July 4 -
Articles of confederation and Ft. Ticonderoga
Articles of Confederation adopted by continental congress, Ft. Ticonderoga was captured by 8000 troops from canada -
George Rogers Clark and John Paul Jones
George Rodgers Clark tool Vincennes in Feburary; John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard defeted Serapis in British North sea waters -
Bank of North America and Yorktown, VA
Bank of North America incorporated May 26; Cornwallis retired to Yorktown, VA -
Paris peace treaty and First regular daily newspaper
Paris peace treaty, Sep. 3 recognizing American independence; The first regular daily newpaper, Pennsylvania evening post went on salein Philadelphia -
Shays's Rebellion and Northwest Ordinance
Shays's Rebellion of dept-ridden farmers in Massachusetts failed; Northwest Ordinance adopted July 13 by Continental Congress for Northwest territory, north of Ohio river west of New York -
George Washington and John Adams
George Washington was the first President and was chosen president by all electors voting; John Adams was vice president -
Bill of Rights and First Bank of the U.S
Bill of Rights submitted to states, Sept. 25; The First Bank of the U.S was chartered -
U.S Trality and Cotten Gin
Washington declared U.S Neutrality in war between Britain and France; Eli whitney invented the Cotten gin -
Whiskey Rebellion
Western Pennsylvania farmers protested liquor tax -
Washingtons farwell address
Washingtons farwell address as president delivered Sept. 17 warning against permanent alliances with foreign powers, big public dept, large military establishment, and devices of small, artful, enterprising minority -
Allen & Sedition Acts and War with France threatened
Allen & Sedition Acts passed by Federalists June-July intendeded to silence political opposition; The War with France raids on U.S shipping and rejection of U.S diplomats -
John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson
John Marshall was named Supream Court chief justice; Thomas Jefferson who had received same number of eloctoral votes as Aaron Burr in 1800 election and won over Burr -
Louisiana Purchase and Marbury V. Madison
Suprem court in Marbury V. Madison, for the first time overturned a U.S law, and the Louisiana Purchase doubled U.S area. -
Lewis and Clark
The Lewis and Clark expedition ordered by Pres. Thomas Jefferson to explore what is now northwest. -
Robert Fulton and Emborgo Act
Robert Fulton made first practical steamboat trip; The Embargo Act banned all trade with foreign countries. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 had 3 main causes, Britain scized U.S ships trading with France, Britain had seized 4000 naturalized U.S sailors, Britian armed Indians -
Oliver H. Perry
Oliver H. Perry defeated British fleet at Battle of lake Erie -
The burning of the Capitol and White House
British landed in Maryland in Aug. defeted U.S force and burned down the Capitol and White House. -
ceding Florida
Spain seced Florida -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine opposed European inter vention in the Americas. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act providing land and some pay to Indians who agree to resettle in west -
Abolitionist newspaper and Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison began abolitionist newspaper; Nat Turner black slave in virginia led local slave rebelion killing 57 whites and 100 slaves killed -
"Trail of Tears"
Cherokee Indians forced to walk the "Trail of Tears" from Geogia to Oklahoma -
The Telegraph
First message over first Telegraph line -
The Mexican War
The Mexican War began after the annexation of Texas -
Gold and Womens rights Convintion
Gold was discovered in California; Lucretia Mott and Elizibeth Cady Stanton led The Womens rights Convention -
Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive slave act
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California; Mexican territories made Fugitive Slave Act more harsh -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Toms Cabin -
Republican Party
The Republican Party was formed -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott decision by Supreme Court held that slaves did not become in a free state -
First commerercially productive oil well
Edwin L. Drake drilled the First commerercially productive oil well -
Pony Express and Abraham Lincoln
First Pony Express; Abraham Lincoln was elected President in a 4-way race -
Ft. Sumpter
Confederates fires at Ft. Sumter -
Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing "all slavesin areas still in rebelion" -
13th Amendment and Robert E. Lee surrendered
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery; Robert E. Lee surendered -
14th Amendment and Louisa May Alcott
The 14th Amendment providing for citizenship of all persons naturalized in the U.S; Louisa May Alcott published Little Women -
15th Amendment
the 15th Amendment making race no bar to voting rights -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
